Quotes About Character

She is a selfish, hypocritical woman, and I have no opinion of her.

I am not one of those who neglect the reigning to bow to the rising sun.

to say that he is unlike Fanny is enough. It implies everything amiable. I love him already.

Admiral Croft's manners were not quite of the tone to suit Lady Russell, but they delighted Anne. His goodness of heart and simplicity of character were irresistible.

Would Mr. Darcy then consider the rashness of your original intention as atoned for by your obstinacy in adhering to it?

There will be nothing singular in his case; and it is singularity which often makes the worst part of our suffering, as it always does of our conduct.

With all dear Emma's little faults, she is an excellent creature. Where shall we see a better daughter, or a kinder sister, or a truer friend? No, no; she has qualities which may be trusted; she will never lead any one really wrong; she will make no lasting blunder; where Emma errs once, she is in the right a hundred times.

C?ci a fi natural? era pentru o fa?? dr?gu?? calitatea prin care spiritul ei devenea tot atât de atr?g?tor ca fiinÈ›a ei.

Hubiera podido fácilmente perdonar su orgullo, si no hubiera sido porque se metió con el mío Elizabeth Bennet.

disposition

My good opinion once lost, is lost forever.

His temper might perhaps be a little soured [...]'Mr. Palmer is just the kind of man I like

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do

Sí; la vanidad es, en efecto, una debilidad. Pero en cuanto al orgullo, donde se dé verdadera superioridad de espíritu, estará siempre justificado.

You might not see one in a hundred with gentleman so plainly written as in Mr. Knightley.

He paid her only the compliment of attention; and she felt a respect for him on the occasion, which the others had reasonably forfeited by their shameless want of taste.

Credo che in ogni temperamento vi sia una tendenza a qualche male particolare, un difetto di natura che neanche la migliore educazione riesce a vincere.

How little the general report of any one ought to be credited, since no character, however upright, can escape the malevolence of slander.

Her face was so lovely, that when, in the common want of praise, she was called a beautiful girl, truth was less violently outraged than usually happens.

I know you do; and it is that which makes the wonder. With your good sense, to be so honestly blind to the follies and nonsense of others! Affectation of candour is common enough—one meets with it everywhere. But to be candid without ostentation or design—to take the good of everybody's character and make it still better, and say nothing of the bad—belongs to you alone. And so you like this man's sisters, too, do you? Their manners are not equal to his.

My business was to declare myself a scoundrel, and whether I did it with a bow or a bluster was of little importance.

it is not very wonderful that, with all their promising talents and early information, they should be entirely deficient in the less common acquirements of self-knowledge, generosity and humility. In everything but disposition they were admirably taught.

If I mistake not, a strong sense of duty is no bad part of a woman's portion.

His good looks and his rank had one fair claim on his attachment; since to them he must have owed a wife of very superior character to any thing deserved by his own.